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Traitor's Purse

An Albert Campion Mystery

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Traitor's Purse

By: Margery Allingham
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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Campion investigates once more, but this time he is on the run from the police - classic British crime writing at its best. Celebrated amateur detective Albert Campion awakes in hospital accused of attacking a police officer and suffering from acute amnesia. All he can remember is that he was on a mission of vital importance to His Majesty's government before his accident. On the run from the police and unable to recognise even his faithful servant Lugg or his own fiancée, Campion struggles desperately to put the pieces together while the very fate of England is at stake.

Margery Allingham was born in London in 1904. Her first novel was published when she was seventeen. In 1929 she published The Crime at Black Dudley and introduced the character who was to become the hallmark of her writing - Albert Campion.

©2013 Margery Allingham (P)2013 Audible Ltd Crime Fiction Detective Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Fiction England Crime

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"Spending an evening with Campion is one of life's pure pleasures" ( Saturday Review)
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I really enjoyed this book, the writing is so good. You could feel how Campion was struggling to follow what was going on around him, the frustration of his foggy memory. Brilliant.

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Love Allingham's Campion stories but having seen the Peter Davison TV adaptation and Philip Frank's narration of the novels I'm afraid that this narrator did not sit well with me. The tone that he employed for Campion irritated me no end!!

Good but not the best narrative

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One of her very best plots . The narrator is excellent and I fail to see why others complain. Pathetic moaning idiots

Excellent narrator

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An interesting twist on the usual cat and mouse plot line. Set in its time but great fun.

Excellent

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Clever twists in this wartime tale. Old faithful Lugg and Albert falls in love.

Wartime Mystery and Romance

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